iSchool Capstone

Echo

Project tags:

data science & visualization

mobile or web development

software development

Innovation/Design Award
Project poster

Echo is an interactive sound visualization tool, designed to help students learn about sound design and audio engineering. Currently, students do not have the resources that they need in order to learn about audio engineering and acoustic environments. Most modern sound visualization tools are proprietary and require industry knowledge to discern meaning from them. Echo aims to help teachers keep their students interested and engaged in learning about sound design concepts by implementing a unique approach to sound visualization. We discovered that virtual reality is the ultimate medium to immerse someone in an acoustic environment, and will promote the highest level of understanding in all of our users. Our goal is to lower the barrier of entry into the professional sound design and audio engineering industry. This will effectively enrich the knowledge pool in the industry, therefore leading to greater insight and discovery for acoustic designers on all levels.

Project participants:

Conrad Zimney

Informatics

Dillon Byron

Informatics

Robert Brooks

Informatics

Bryan Gula

Informatics